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  1. IPGRI in sub-Saharan Africa: Regional report - SSA 1999-2000 by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

    Published 2001
    “…SSA subsistence farmers are mainly women, who produce more than 75% of the household food through field cropping and home gardening. …”
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  2. Towards a better understanding of breeding objectives and production performance of dairy cattle in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Chawala, A.R., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Peters, A., Banos, Giorgios, Chagunda, Mizeck G.G.

    Published 2020
    “…Milk content (fat and protein percentages), temperament, body conformation and total milk cell count (a mastitis indicator) were rarely mentioned in published literature, mainly because of milk pricing policies being volume based. …”
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    Journal Article
  3. Poultry health services in Ethiopia: Availability of diagnostic, clinical and vaccination services by Asfaw, Yohannes T., Ameni, G., Medhin, G., Gumi, B., Wieland, Barbara

    Published 2021
    “…Only 35.7% of chicken keepers had their flocks vaccinated, and this was irregularly and randomly given, mainly against Newcastle disease. And only 52.9% of them were vaccinated by trained animal health experts. …”
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  4. Spatio-Temporal Variability of Peat CH4 and N2O Fluxes and Their Contribution to Peat GHG Budgets in Indonesian Forests and Oil Palm Plantations by Swails, E., Hergoualc'h, Kristell, Verchot, Louis V., Novita, N., Lawrence, D.

    Published 2021
    “…The peat GHG budget (Mg CO2 equivalent ha−1 year−1) in oil palm (31.7 ± 8.6) was nearly eight times the budget in forest (4.0 ± 4.8) owing mainly to decreased peat C inputs and increased peat C outputs. …”
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  5. Berken plow and intercropping with pigeon pea ameliorate degraded soils with a hardpan in the Ethiopian highlands by Fenta, H.M., Hussein, M.A., Tilahun, Seifu A., Nakawuka, Prossie, Steenhuis, Tammo S., Barron, Jennie, Adie, Aberra, Blümmel, Michael, Schmitter, Petra S.

    Published 2022
    “…Studies exploring practical low-cost solutions to break the hardpan are limited in Ethiopia. The main objective was to evaluate soil mechanical (i.e. modified plow or Berken plow) or biological intervention (i.e. intercropping with pigeon pea) effectiveness to enhance soil water management and crop yield of rainfed maize systems whilst reducing soil erosion and runoff. …”
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  6. From buffet to best-fits: co-identifying and prioritizing best-bet CSA practices for targeting and scaling and Central Highlands of Ethiopia by Tamene, Lulseged D., Abera, Wuletawu, Admassu, Zenebe

    Published 2021
    “…It is considered progress and sustainable approach designed to link agricultural production and food security to climate change adaptation and mitigation, in order to guide the management of agriculture and food systems at multiple scales. …”
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    Training Material
  7. Affordability and Willingness to Pay for Hybrid Drought Tolerant Maize Seed: Anchoring and Learning by Nakanwagi, Josephine

    Published 2021
    “…The literature describes the main barriers to adoption as either related to downside risk, incomplete markets and credit constraints, or related to access, awareness, availability and affordability of DTM (Simtowe et al., 2019). …”
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  8. Yield stability of East African Highland cooking banana ‘Matooke’ hybrids by Madalla, Noel A., Swennen, Rony L., Brown, Allan, Massawe, Cornel, Mpoki, Shimwela, Mbongo, Daud Batson, Kindimba, Grace, Kubiriba, Jerome, Tumuhimbise, Robooni, Okurut, Asher Wilson, Carpentier, Sebastien C., Bergh, Inge van den, Crichton, Rhiannon, Machida, Lewis, Weltzien, Eva, Ortíz, Rodomiro

    Published 2022
    “…East African banana (Musa sp.) breeding efforts have focused mainly on enhancing ‘Matooke’ productivity through the development of high-yielding, pathogen-resistant cultivars with adequate stability to contribute to regional food security. …”
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    Journal Article
  9. A recursive dynamic linear programming farm-level model to simulate the structural change in the arable production system of a Greek region by Mantziaris, Stamatis, Rozakis, Stelios, Karanikolas, Pavlos, Tsiboukas, Konstantinos, Petsakos, Athanasios

    Published 2022
    “…Although increased agricultural productivity has allowed the release of resources needed by other sectors of the economy, structural change in agriculture usually has a negative connotation in public debate (Balmann and Valentinov, 2016). There are mainly two types of public concern about structural change in agriculture, with the former expressed as “dying peasants” and the latter as “factory farming” (Balmann and Valentinov, 2016). …”
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  10. Banana market segmentation & value chain analysis for Rwanda: study report by Mugambi, S., Konlambigue, Matieyedou, Gaidashova, S., Nyirahabimana, H.

    Published 2023
    “…However, brewing banana seems to be a male’s crop, most likely because it is mainly grown for cash rather than food for home consumption. …”
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  11. Ethiopia National Dairy Development Strategy 2022–2031 by Leggesse, Getachew, Gelmesa, U., Jembere, T., Degefa, T., Bediye, S., Teka, T., Temesgen, D., Tesfu, Y., Berhe, A., Gemeda, L., Takele, D., Beyene, G., Belachew, G., Hailu, G., Chemeda, S.

    Published 2023
    “…In Ethiopia, dairy production depends mainly on indigenous livestock genetic resources of cattle, camels and goats. …”
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    Libro
  12. Genome-wide association analysis of tan spot disease resistance in durum wheat accessions from Tunisia by Laribi, Marwa, Fredua-Agyeman, Rudolph, Ben M’Barek, Sarrah, Sansaloni, Carolina P., Dreisigacker, Susanne, Gamba, Fernanda M., Abdedayem, Wided, Nefzaoui, Meriem, Araar, Chayma, Sheau-Fang Hwang, Yahyaoui, Amor H., Strelkov, Stephen E.

    Published 2023
    “…Methods: In this study, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers were used to investigate the genetic diversity and population structure of a core collection of 235 durum wheat accessions consisting mainly of landraces. The high phenotypic and genetic diversity of the fungal pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (cause of tan spot disease of wheat) in Tunisia allowed the assessment of the accessions for tan spot resistance at the adult plant stage under field conditions over three cropping seasons. …”
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    Journal Article
  13. Factors influencing gender and youth integration in agricultural research and innovation in Africa by Yami, M., Abioye, O., Sore, S.Z., Mugisho, A., Abdoulaye, T.

    Published 2024
    “…Meaning, projects that strongly included women and youth were mainly designed to target them as a primary or the only target. …”
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    Journal Article
  14. Irrigated vegetable promotion and expansion: the case of Ada’a Woreda, Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Alemayehu, N., Hoekstra, Dirk, Berhe, Kahsay, Jaleta, Moti

    Published 2010
    “…Further improvements are possible particularly in improving productivity, since yields are much lower than can be obtained under good management. Care should further more be taken to avoid over utilization of water in the Woreda, especially since ground water is also extracted by large scale commercial horticultural farms.…”
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  15. It takes two: Women’s empowerment in agricultural value chains in Malawi by Ragasa, Catherine, Malapit, Hazel J., Rubin, Deborah, Myers, Emily, Pereira, Audrey, Martinez, Elena M., Heckert, Jessica, Seymour, Greg, Mzungu, Diston, Kalagho, Kenan, Kazembe, Cynthia, Thunde, Jack, Mswero, Grace

    Published 2021
    “…While this report is mainly descriptive and further analysis is ongoing, it offers some lessons and practical implications for improving ATVET4Women program implementation and its outcomes on women’s market access, incomes, and empowerment.…”
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    Artículo preliminar

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